Inaugural Workshop - 17th July, 2024

LEA:RN Inaugural Workshop

Our inaugural workshop on African perspectives on the ethics of leadership was held online on 17th July, 2024. Recorded presentations and Q&A will be posted here as they become available.

SESSION 1    Challenges - Pedro Tabensky (Rhodes University)

What are the nature and sources of the difficulties that prevent ethical leadership, particularly in Africa? What challenges does this pose for using African ethical traditions to develop alternative conceptions of good leadership.

Summary here.

SESSION 2:    African Resources 1 - Motsamai Molefe (University of South Africa; and Centre for Leadership Ethics in Africa (CLEA, UFH)).

AFRICAN COMMUNITARIAN / 'UBUNTU' PERSPECTIVES relevant to leadership.

 

SESSION 3:    African Resources 2 - Abosede Ipadeola (The New Institute, Hamburg).

WEST-AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES – OMOLUABI – applied to leadership.

SESSION 4:    African Resources 3 - Lindokukle Gama (Rhodes University)

AFRICAN FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES – including (e.g.) gender dimensions to the leadership crisis, leadership and gender roles, leadership within the family.

SESSION 5:    The Way Forward - a shorter open session on what are our best next steps as a group.

Chair: Jamie Dow (University of Leeds)